Aider MCP Server Configuration
This skill provides a production-ready configuration template for Aider, the AI pair programming tool. It sets up automated Git commits, GPT-4 integration, and sensible defaults for collaborative AI-assisted development.
What This Configuration Does
**Model Setup**: Uses GPT-4 with controlled token limits and deterministic output (temperature: 0.0)**Git Automation**: Enables auto-commits with AI-generated summaries**File Editing**: Auto-edit support for common web and Python file extensions**UI Optimization**: Dark mode with pretty formatting and diff visualization**Non-Interactive Mode**: Runs without user input prompts for automated workflowsConfiguration Details
Model Settings
**model**: gpt-4 (OpenAI's most capable model)**max_tokens**: 4096 (balanced for most coding tasks)**temperature**: 0.0 (deterministic, consistent outputs)Git Settings
**auto_commits**: Enabled - automatically commits changes after each edit**auto_commit_message**: Uses template "AI: {{summary}}" for clear audit trail**user_input_mode**: never - runs fully automated without promptsEditor Settings
**editor**: VS Code (`code`)**auto_edit_file_extensions**: .py .js .jsx .ts .tsx .html .css .md .txt**use_system_editor**: Disabled - uses internal editorUI Settings
**dark_mode**: Enabled**pretty**: Enabled - colorized, formatted output**show_diffs**: Enabled - displays changes before applyingPerformance Settings
**verbose**: Disabled - cleaner output**save_edits**: Disabled - relies on auto-commits**stream**: Enabled - real-time response streamingInstallation
Place this configuration file in one of these locations:
1. **User-level**: `~/.aider.conf.yml` (applies to all projects)
2. **Project-level**: `.aider.conf.yml` at the root of your Git repository
3. **Custom location**: Specify with `--config-file` flag
Usage
```bash
Use global config
aider
Use project-specific config
cd /path/to/project
aider
Override with custom config file
aider --config-file /path/to/custom.aider.conf.yml
```
Customization
Change AI Model
```yaml
model: gpt-3.5-turbo # Faster, cheaper alternative
or
model: claude-3-opus-20240229 # Use Claude instead
```
Enable Interactive Mode
```yaml
user_input_mode: confirm # Prompt for confirmation before edits
```
Adjust Creativity
```yaml
temperature: 0.7 # More creative, less deterministic responses
```
Add File Extensions
```yaml
auto_edit_file_extensions: .py .js .jsx .ts .tsx .html .css .md .txt .yml .json .go
```
Requirements
Aider installed (`pip install aider-chat`)Git repository initializedOpenAI API key configured (`OPENAI_API_KEY` environment variable)VS Code installed (if using `editor: code`)Source
Adapted from the [aider-mcp-server](https://github.com/sengokudaikon/aider-mcp-server) repository by sengokudaikon.